{"id":310,"date":"2013-09-27T12:57:44","date_gmt":"2013-09-27T12:57:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jeanvan.com\/outsiders\/?p=310"},"modified":"2013-11-12T13:13:19","modified_gmt":"2013-11-12T13:13:19","slug":"electricity-comes-to-shantytown","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jeanvan.com\/outsiders\/?p=310","title":{"rendered":"Electricity Comes to Shantytown"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Today was a big, big day in Shantytown. \u00a0This first week in the RV we have been running off the generator and battery power. \u00a0That works great on the road, but not so much in the back yard. \u00a0With limited power, we have to do most everything during the daylight hours. \u00a0We have to do all the computer work\/homework together while the generator is running and be sure to charge all the electronics at the same time.<\/p>\n<p>There is something undeniably simple and good about having to lay down your head as soon as the sun goes down. \u00a0But even so, we need power to pull this thing off.<\/p>\n<p>Today the electrician came to install the temporary pole in the front yard and to run a line down to the campers.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_311\" style=\"width: 460px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/jeanvan.com\/outsiders\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/130927_power.jpg\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-311\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-311\" alt=\"Running an electric cable from the temporary pole to the back yard.\" src=\"https:\/\/jeanvan.com\/outsiders\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/130927_power.jpg\" width=\"450\" height=\"309\" srcset=\"https:\/\/jeanvan.com\/outsiders\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/130927_power.jpg 450w, https:\/\/jeanvan.com\/outsiders\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/130927_power-300x206.jpg 300w, https:\/\/jeanvan.com\/outsiders\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/130927_power-436x300.jpg 436w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-311\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Running an electric cable from the temporary pole to the back yard.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>The power company switched us over to the temporary pole just before the end of the day, and we rejoiced! \u00a0Now we have light throughout the campground, heat, refrigeration, a microwave, power for the computers and printer. \u00a0Now to figure out how to restore the internet&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Today was a big, big day in Shantytown. \u00a0This first week in the RV we have been running off the generator and battery power. \u00a0That works great on the road, but not so much in the back yard. \u00a0With limited &hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/jeanvan.com\/outsiders\/?p=310\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/jeanvan.com\/outsiders\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/310"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/jeanvan.com\/outsiders\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/jeanvan.com\/outsiders\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jeanvan.com\/outsiders\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jeanvan.com\/outsiders\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=310"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/jeanvan.com\/outsiders\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/310\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":314,"href":"https:\/\/jeanvan.com\/outsiders\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/310\/revisions\/314"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/jeanvan.com\/outsiders\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=310"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jeanvan.com\/outsiders\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=310"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jeanvan.com\/outsiders\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=310"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}